Orange County Indexed
Will of Richard Bracewell, Braswell or Branwell
Will Book A, page 16 · dated August 1761 · proved August 1761
Richard Bracewell named his wife, daughters and sons, devised Haw River land, and appointed his wife, friend Hector Mackneel and brother Henry executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Richard Bracewell, Braswell or Branwell (printed RICHARD BRACEWELL, BRASWELL or BRANWELL)
- Dated
- August 1761
- Proved
- August 1761 court
- Family named
- Joyce (wife); Valentine Jacob (son); Richard William (son); Mary (daughter); Tabitha (daughter)
- Executors
- Hector Mackneel (loving friend); Henry (brother)
- Witnesses
- Thomas Tucker; Henry Bracewell; John Records
- Land
- land on S side of Haw River bought of H. Mackneel.
- Places
- Haw River
- Also named
- H. Mackneel
Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.
Where to find it
- Orange County Will Book A, page 16.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
- Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
